sec‧re‧tar‧i‧at /ˌsekrəˈteəriət, ˌsekrɪˈteəriət $ -ˈter-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: secrétariat, from Medieval Latin secretarius; ⇒ secretary]
a government office or the office of a large international organization, especially one that has a
secretary general in charge of it:
the United Nations Secretariat in New York [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲